'Respected' SA cop took his own life

A police officer who took his own life in a rural South Australian town on the weekend was "really well respected", the state's police commissioner says.

Grant Stevens says a comprehensive report is being prepared for the coroner on the death of the officer in Cowell on Sunday night.

Mr Stevens said the death was a reminder that elements of police work could impact on a person's mental health.

"We deal with things that other people are lucky enough not to have to deal with," he told ABC radio on Tuesday.

He said it would be premature to comment on the factors that might have led to the suicide but SAPOL was looking at what it could say about it's support services.

"In terms of how we support our people, how we ensure they are accessing the services they should be accessing if they need that and that we're doing as much as we can to look after our police," he said.

Mr Stevens said the officer, who had served in the army before joining the police, was "really well respected" by the community he worked in and by his coworkers.